CBO shock: At least 860,000 border ‘gotaways’ in 2023

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that border officials witnessed but did not catch 860,000 illegal immigrants crossing into the United States last year, more than double the number of “gotaways” who entered when President Joe Biden entered office and dismantled border policies.

In its new Demographic Outlook: 2024 to 2054, the CBO explained that the 860,000 “comprises people who were directly or indirectly observed making an unlawful entry, who were not turned back or apprehended, and who are no longer being pursued by the Border Patrol.”